[bksvol-discuss] Re: hold for revisited
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:43:03 -0500 (EST)
I agree. I think "hold for" is being way overused. I do see books marked
"hold for" which interest me, but I usually leave them alone. Then they
sit on Step 1 for weeks. What is the value in that? And there seem to be
an increasing number of "hold for"s. One objective of validating is
quality. Another is quantity. Quantity is defeated by leaving books
sitting on Step 1 for weeks, while the designated person is doing
something else. I don't see any good reason for it. I too do a good job
validating. Unless the person named has an actual copy of the book, or is
going to sit down and read it word for word, punctuation mark for
punctuation mark, what's the difference?
Tracy
> I'm going to lead off here with the passage from the Step 1 page
> regarding books with 'Hold For' in their title.
>
> Titles denoted with a "Hold For" prefacing the title are intended for
> a specific validator. Please respect this request.
>
> My first question here is, why? Now I must admit I am, and always
> have been, biased against the practice of 'Hold For' books. To me,
> the practice smacks of elitism, cliquishness, and in many cases the
> primary objective does not seem to be the quality of the collection.
> I understand there can be a number of reasons to put hold for in the
> title, and they include:
> 1. for a vallidator with a copy of the book, or text in question, to
> have something to compare against the submitted work;
> 2. for a vallidator with specific interest in the project;
> 3. for the submitter's assurance that the book will be picked up in a
> timely manner;
> 4. for the submitter's assurance that the book will be handled in an
> appropriate manner.
> Now I'm sure there are other reasons as well, but to me the only one
> that would seem to have merit, is the first one I sited above, with
> the proviso for our sighted volunteers, that any of the projects they
> touch can only be improved upon by the ability to compare the
> original print version with the copy submitted to Bookshare. I make
> this last tipulation because sometimes technology can become too
> clever and we can start relying on it too heavily at the expense of
> accuracy. Aside from that however, I don't believe that most of the
> hold for books fall under the 1st example above, but instead come
> under 1 or more of the others.
> In closing, before I get the fire storm going, no, I can't recall a
> specific instance where I wished to validate a hold for book, but I
> just don't like the exclusionary practice, and I would point out that
> not all volunteers are on the list so as to be aware of the why and
> wherefores.
>
> Dave
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